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He ran red lights to save her and got fired. Six years later, his son-in-law interviews her.
#279 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
They Called Me a Crow
An outcast crow survives in a phoenix nest by calling the queen 'Mom'.
NetShort · 34 episodes · about 3.3 h
FreeEp 1–10on NetShort
Locked24of 34 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
A crow named Suri lands among phoenixes and gets by calling Queen Aurelia 'Mom'. The phoenix household treats the black-feathered late bloomer with unwavering affection. When a hostile Elder pushes her toward the perilous Nirvana Pool, she must decide how far she will go to protect the family that took her in.
Fantasy & magicFamily & ethicsRevenge & paybackunderdog glow-upfound family
Who will like it: viewers who liked outcast-heroine fantasies where a misfit wins over a new family and then fights for it.
Main characters
- Suri: crow who joins a phoenix nest
- Aurelia: phoenix queen whom Suri calls Mom
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 10 free. Grey: 24 locked. About 3.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 34
- Free
- 10
- Locked
- 24
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 34 | 10 | 24 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 34 episodes is longer than 29% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 10 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 29% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
- App tags
- Karma Payback, Revenge, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.8K likes, 10.0K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.